Buddychrist
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This morning I set out to the doctors office to have my spinal injections that is my last step to be set up for surgery to fix my lumbar discs injury.
After doing the laundry list called paperwork I was then called back to have my vitals taken which was fun at first because the woman although was older was good looking and happy. Then she looked at my paperwork and saw what I was having done and her smile went away and I immediately told her I know what is about to happen and I know that I am about to be in a world of agonizing pain.
After that she led me into the operating room where I laid face down and waited for 10-15 minutes as the doctor was getting prepped. Then the doctor proceeded to describe the procedure which as an EMT I already knew it and then he told me to brace myself on the table and just hold on.
Basically a discography (discogram) is the injection of contrast fluid into your injured spinal discs to determine which discs are causing pain by inducing severe bulging of the disc and without numbing allows the doctor to determine which discs are causing pain based on the patients screams or cries. Then directly after the patient is sent into a CT scan which is given a better picture because of the contrast fluid.
So after the doctor got all three needles inserted into my discs I braced for impact and to my surprise the first disc caused no pain at all. Then the second disc only caused slight discomfort over normal daily pain. Then when he went into injecting the third disc it was instant T/KO as I tried to rip that operating table in half. I didn't scream but I wanted to because hands down that was the worst pain I have ever felt in my life. My description of it would be a 9" KABAR shoved to the hilt horizontally on my lower back and then twisted vertically.
After hobbling in for a CT scan I proceeded to my truck and with my father as my chauffeur since I couldn't drive after the procedure and straight home. For the next week or two I will be dealing with severe back pain from the discography but it was needed to be done.
At least it is done and I am going in on Thursday to get my surgery set up to finish my life of back pain once and for all.
Word from the wise, if you have to ever have a Discogram then brace yourself for impact because it's unimaginable pain is served cold and with a side of no localized numbing injections.
After doing the laundry list called paperwork I was then called back to have my vitals taken which was fun at first because the woman although was older was good looking and happy. Then she looked at my paperwork and saw what I was having done and her smile went away and I immediately told her I know what is about to happen and I know that I am about to be in a world of agonizing pain.
After that she led me into the operating room where I laid face down and waited for 10-15 minutes as the doctor was getting prepped. Then the doctor proceeded to describe the procedure which as an EMT I already knew it and then he told me to brace myself on the table and just hold on.
Basically a discography (discogram) is the injection of contrast fluid into your injured spinal discs to determine which discs are causing pain by inducing severe bulging of the disc and without numbing allows the doctor to determine which discs are causing pain based on the patients screams or cries. Then directly after the patient is sent into a CT scan which is given a better picture because of the contrast fluid.
So after the doctor got all three needles inserted into my discs I braced for impact and to my surprise the first disc caused no pain at all. Then the second disc only caused slight discomfort over normal daily pain. Then when he went into injecting the third disc it was instant T/KO as I tried to rip that operating table in half. I didn't scream but I wanted to because hands down that was the worst pain I have ever felt in my life. My description of it would be a 9" KABAR shoved to the hilt horizontally on my lower back and then twisted vertically.
After hobbling in for a CT scan I proceeded to my truck and with my father as my chauffeur since I couldn't drive after the procedure and straight home. For the next week or two I will be dealing with severe back pain from the discography but it was needed to be done.
At least it is done and I am going in on Thursday to get my surgery set up to finish my life of back pain once and for all.
Word from the wise, if you have to ever have a Discogram then brace yourself for impact because it's unimaginable pain is served cold and with a side of no localized numbing injections.
